He may have been born in Stirling, but there is only one place Duncan Ferguson calls home.

On Sunday, Everton supporters will get the chance to pay tribute to arguably the most popular player to have graced Goodison Park in recent years, as the Scotsman, belatedly, gets his Blues testimonial.

The memories will flow in the build-up; the derby-day heroics, the tattoo, the run-ins with referees and rivals, those towering, thunderous headers, they all form part of the Ferguson legend. His goals against Liverpool and Manchester United alone are enough to cement his place in Everton folklore.

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But for Blues fans, it was about more. Big goals help, of course, but Ferguson's appeal as a hero ran further than the pitch.

They thrived on his constant, at-times line-crossing, desire to win, they loved his refusal to back down from a confrontation, they revelled in the fact that he loved their club as much as they did. When he was sold, behind manager Walter Smith's back, to Newcastle in 1998, there was uproar. When he returned less than two years later, he did so with his reputation strengthened rather than diminished.

Villarreal, fittingly, will provide the opposition on Sunday. The Spaniards, of course, provide the one great 'what if?' of Ferguson's Everton career.

Thankfully, there will be no Pierluigi Collina around this weekend to spoil the party...

Click above to view our full gallery of 40 great pictures from Ferguson's Everton career